Learned I was coiling coax the wrong way after 8 years in the truck

I was out on a job in Phoenix last month trenching a line for a new build and noticed the signal kept dropping near the ground. This older installer walked over and asked why I was making loops like a garden hose, said it was creating a choke point in the line. I had no idea I was basically shorting myself out every time I did a tight coil near the wall. Has anyone else found out they been doing some basic step wrong for years?

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felix47815d ago

Nah, tight loops aren't the real problem unless you're bending it at a right angle. I've been coiling coax the same way for twelve years and never had a signal drop that wasn't a bad connector or something else.

jennifer_fisher15d ago

Felt the same way @felix478 until I found a rat had chewed through mine inside the wall...